Dog racing on the aft promenade deck of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929).

Dog racing on the aft promenade deck of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929). A line of six wooden greyhounds, numbered 1 to 6 and painted in different colours, at the starting post ready for off. By the side of the start line in a man holding a megaphone standing by a table with a hand bell and trophy cups on it. Some passengers are seated in the background. The photographer is looking to port and forward from the starboard side of the deck. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P85290
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Viceroy of India (1929)
Date made: 1930-1934
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 167 mm x 116 mm